Water-closet seat.



E. c. S TOV ER.- WATER CLOSET SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 13, 1907.

Patented Fel 16,1909. v

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WATER CLOSET SEAT. APPLICATION Hum JULY 13, 1907.

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EDWARD o. STOVER, or TRENTON,

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NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO TRENTON POTTERIES JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

WATER-CLOSET SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 16, 1909.

Apnlication flled. July 18, 1907. Serial No. 383,651.

To all whom it may concern: 4

Be it known that I, EDWARD C. S'rovnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in'the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, ha e invented a new and use- "ful Improvement in Water-Closet Seats, of

V shaped rod 12 connecting the 'bowl and seat embodying my which the following is a full, clear, and exact descriptiom' reference being had to the .accon1panying drawings, forming part of this specification, in. which Figure 1 is a vertical section of a closet-' invention Fig. 2 isa plan view thereof; and Figs. 3 and 4 are views similar to'Figs. 1 and 2, respectively, showing a modification ot the invention.

The invention relates to improvements in seats for-water-closets, and has for its object to provide a saddle-like construction'of bowl andseat. which'is especially adapted to the .shape of the body.

Another ob ect of the invention is to provide a closet of a shape and construction which is highly samtaryand which avoids the soiling to which the ordinary closet is liable. I

Referring to the drawing. the bowl 1. which can be m an desired cpnstruction and made of any suitable nniterial has a curved rim, integral with the bowl and so shaped that the front portion 3 of said rim .2 is higher than its rear portion 4, while the side port-ions 5 and 6 are lower than the rear portion 4. The side portions greater cross-sectional area than the re i-nainder' of the rim, increasing"from the points 7. and 9 to the point 8 on the side 5. and from the points 7' and 9 to the point a" on the side 6.

l0, 1 O,-are .sections of a wooden seat ha studs 11 and a rigid U- part it) o't the seat with theopposite and similar part it) ing supporting -'thereot', through an annular opening 13 in 1 of two separate pieces or sections the seat-shelf 14 ot the closet-bowl.

i The essential feature of this invention is the saddle-like seat 10,-10', so shaped as to lit the body, and which preferably consists I l0. 10' of wood or other material. connected by the rod 12, whereby bothsections iinrvbe operated as a whole. The 'seatportions 10, 10 are so'shaped that. they slope inwardly thus This is at the same time a valuable sanitary feature 5 and Gare of.

-rim being loweras any water falling on the sloping portions will drain inwardly. The studs 11 are com posed of rubber or other suitable material; and serve to hold the seat from contact with the rim in such a manner as to give proper r ventilation.

Figs. 3 and 4 show a modification of the construction, wherein the seat is integral with the bowl, with the rim of approxi mately the same cross-sectional area as that of the sections 10, 10 of the wooden seat, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and shaped'in a similar manner, to give the same saddleshaped efiect.

It is obvious that various changes ma be made in the details of construction an arrangement, without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention; since What I claim is t 1. A. water-closet having a saddle-shaped seat open at both front and rear ends.

2. A water-closet having a saddle-shaped. seat, the sides of said seat being lower than the end portions thereof open at botht'ront and rear ends.

In a ater-closet. a bowl having an integral, curved rim.- the side portions of said than the front and rear portions thereof, and a saddle-shaped seat open at both its front and rear ends.

C-l. In a water-closet, a bowl having an integral, curved rim, the side portions of said rim being lower than the trout tions thereof, a saddle-shaped seat open at both its front and rear ends and a connection for operating the saddle-shaped seat.

5. In a water closet, a bowl having an integral curved rim, the side portions of" said rimbeing lower than the trout -and rear poriigns thereof. a saddle-shaped seat open at both the trout and rear ends and curving downward from the back and upward toward the front. v

t). in a waterfcloset. a bowl having an in-.

and rear' porrim being lower than the front and rear portions thereof. a saddle-shaped seat open at. both front and rear and not extending as tar forwardas the front port ion of said run.

'ral curved rim, the side portions of said In testimony whereof, I have hereuntoset my hand. V

EDWARD t. S'lOVlllt. l/V itnesses-z F. H. BILDERBACK, C. E. LAw'roN. 

